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Recording Details: Bill Price T2 [Tape Two]:

***Disclaimer - This interview contains language some may find inappropriate.

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:06:40 Discussion about beer engines, traditional beers, and the pub; beer, beer engines, British slang, pubs, Kington. 

SIDE A 00:06:40 -- 00:13:08 Discussion about Mick's beginnings as a barman, the Pearly Kings and Queens, and British slang; pub, barman, bartender, Kington, Pearly Prince, Pearly King, Pearly Queen, British slang, costermonger, Cockney. 

SIDE A 00:13:08 -- 00:16:35 Discussion about ghost stories; ghost stories, 1400s, murder, ghosts. 

SIDE A 00:16:35 -- 00:18:49 Discussion about Patty MayGothlin and the origin of his surname; MacLaughlin, MayGothlin, Battle of Little Big Horn. 

SIDE A 00:18:49 -- 00:23:35 Discussion about Mick's grandfather and a story about running over a peasant's foot, with various pub banter; pub, peasant, Kington. 

SIDE A 00:23:35 -- 00:28:20 Discussion about Bill's life in Kington and WWII; Kington, 1919, WWII, Argyle Highlanders. 

SIDE A 00:28:20 -- 00:31:47 Discussion about fighting in Normandy on D-Day, Chesil Beach, and ice hockey; D-Day, Normandy, WWII, Chesil Beach, ice hockey. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:47.

SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:35:20 Discussion about arguments amongst soldiers, fighting in France and Belgium, being wounded, and a story about a jeep blowing up; soldiers, WWII, battle wound, shrapnel, casualties. 

SIDE B 00:35:20 -- 00:38:37 Discussion about German soldiers, recovering in Aldershot, Canadians in Holland, and coming home from the war; Aldershot, German soldiers, Holland, WWII, Canadian soldiers. 

SIDE B 00:38:37 --00:42:17 Discussion about and American hospital in Kington, a story about trading whiskey, American soldiers, and French Canadians; American soldiers, WWII, French Canadian soldiers. 

SIDE B 00:42:17 -- 00:44:04 Discussion about German bombing in England; German bombing, WWII, London. 

SIDE B 00:44:04 -- 00:46:15 Discussion about poaching; poaching, salmon poaching. 

SIDE B 00:46:15 -- 00:48:25 Discussion about transportation and traveling; traveling, travel, transportation. 

SIDE B 00:48:25 -- 00:50:18 Discussion about the Kington Coronation Program of 1937; Kington Coronation Program, 1937, Kington. 

SIDE B 00:50:18 -- 00:52:40 Discussion about the first radio and the Wembley Exhibiton in 1924; radio, Wembley Exhibiton, 1924, crystal radio. 

SIDE B 00:52:40 -- 00;55:42 Discussion about Christmas, with mention of fireworks; Christmas, Christmas dinner, Meccano, Christmas tree, presents, Santa Claus, Guy Fawkes Day, fireworks. 

SIDE B 00:55:42 -- 01:01:05 Discussion about workhouses and people moving to Western Canada for work; workhouses, immigration, Western Canada. 
 *** The remainder of the tape, 01:01:05 -- 01:03:48, is blank. Tape ends at 01:03:48.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Price, Bill

Playing Time:
01:03:48

Interview Date(s):
1997-03-20

Interview Summary:
This interview is with Bill Price of Kington, England. Also included on this tape are interviews with patrons of a pub in Kington. They are Paddy MayGothlin, Mick Rand, and Alf. Topics covered in these interviews include beers and pubs, British slang, Kington, ghost stories, WWII, American and Canadian soldiers living in England, radio, Christmas, workhouses, and emigration to Canada.

Place(s) Discussed:
Kington, England; London, England; The Netherlands; Holland

Time(s) Discussed:
WWII

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